MoT Cube Open 2026

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Date: May 9 - 10, 2026
City: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Venue: Mall of Travancore
Address: Int'l Airport Rd, near Ananthapuri Hospital, Eanchakkal, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695024
Details: Hall
Contact: keralaspeedcubing@gmail.com
Organizers: Akshay Siva, Cubing Kerala, Hariprasad CM, and Vivek Prasad Mada
WCA Delegates: Muhammed Shehzad Khan and Sukesh Kumar

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Information

Important Reminders for Participants

Make sure you will be available at the venue at least 15 minutes before your event starts. You WILL NOT be allowed to participate in an event if you reach late for the same.
We urge all the competitors to strictly adhere to the rules and regulations to contribute to the mission of providing a comfortable ambience for all the fellow cubers.
If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time, make sure that you attend the first timers tutorial.
Please bring your ID card as well.
If this is not your first competition, you may be assignd with volunteering duties which you should perform without fail. The delegates and organizers can disqualify a competitior from participating in respective events upon not performing the assigned volunteering duties.

Happy cubing! :)

Events
Main event
Competitors: 71

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹800 (Indian Rupee).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until by contacting the organization team.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of ₹1,500 (Indian Rupee).
Any spectator can attend for free.

Registration Fee

Base fee for participating: ₹800 INR (Early bird registration fee - until 11:59 pm IST on 17th April 2026)

Fees after early-bird deadline: ₹1000 INR ( Late bird registration fee - after 11:59 pm IST on 17th April 2026)

Steps to Complete Online Registration

Step 1 - Register here by selecting the events you want to participate in.

Step 2 - Pay the registration fee here.

Step 3 - Wait upto 48 hours for your registration to be confirmed. Once your registration is confirmed, you will get a confirmation mail and your name will appear in the list of registered competitors. If 48 hours have passes since completion of registration and your registration has not been approved, feel free to reach out to keralaspeedcubing@gmail.com
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Muhammed Shehzad Khan won with an average of 8.26 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Nirmal Reddy finished second (9.45) and Vishesh Shetty finished third (9.46).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Muhammed Shehzad Khan	7.51	8.26	India	8.61	7.51	8.39	7.78	11.64
2	Nirmal Reddy	8.89	9.45	India	9.52	8.89	9.46	9.36	10.17
3	Vishesh Shetty	7.71	9.46	United States	7.71	9.84	9.80	8.73	10.73

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ankit A	1.47	2.67	India	2.65	3.56	3.20	2.17	1.47
2	VJ Raghav Vidya Sagar	2.06	3.01	India	2.87	3.18	2.06	4.41	2.97
3	Nirmal Reddy	2.79	3.01	India	2.86	2.79	4.82	3.09	3.07

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ankit A	35.06	39.44	India	40.69	41.67	43.96	35.06	35.95
2	Ritesh R Nair	34.59	39.90	India	40.53	42.47	39.41	34.59	39.77
3	Nirmal Reddy	41.06	46.06	India	1:06.66	42.29	46.76	49.13	41.06

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Sukesh Kumar	52.64	DNF	India	52.64	1:21.07	DNF	DNF	DNF
2	Shanie Kerstin K	1:03.84	DNF	India	DNF	DNF	1:03.84	DNF	DNF
3	Daniel M. James	1:52.65	DNF	India	DNF	1:52.65	DNF	3:50.55	DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ritesh R Nair	14.86	16.42	India	14.86	15.35	16.46	18.96	17.45
2	Vishesh Shetty	15.00	16.58	United States	19.67	16.56	16.64	16.55	15.00
3	Muhammed Shehzad Khan	14.80	17.64	India	27.12	14.80	16.61	14.86	21.45

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ankit A	5.31	5.91	India	6.31	6.25	5.60	5.87	5.31
2	Nirmal Reddy	6.84	7.24	India	6.84	7.07	8.11	7.02	7.64
3	Ritesh R Nair	7.18	7.82	India	7.18	7.91	7.78	7.77	DNF

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Pranay	3.04	4.45	India	3.04	3.85	4.44	5.05	12.51
2	Nirmal Reddy	2.06	4.53	India	2.06	4.25	4.38	4.99	4.97
3	Ankit A	2.74	4.55	India	2.74	4.66	4.43	5.14	4.57

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ritesh R Nair	3.04	3.49	India	4.18	3.28	3.41	3.04	3.77
2	Vishesh Shetty	2.96	4.08	United States	3.57	5.36	2.96	5.52	3.31
3	Ankit A	4.75	5.13	India	5.07	4.75	4.83	6.70	5.49

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel M. James	5/5 36:11	India	5/5 36:11
2	Muhammed Shehzad Khan	3/3 13:57	India	3/3 13:57
3	Meenakshi D. Nair	2/2 16:27	India	2/2 16:27